Week 6: Epistolary Fiction

We’ll wrap up our exploration of WWII with a reading of Address Unknown, by Katherine Kressman Taylor. Then we will move on to 3 short stories by Emma Donoghue’s short story collection Astray.

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Monday, October 3

Tuesday, October 5

Before Class

Review epistolary novel in Wikipedia.

In Class

  • Take a quick poll, either using the link on your laptop or the QR code below with your phone, to answer two questions:
    • Letter #2 to MoreLoveLetters or to a member of the military?
    • Okay to record class discussions?
  • We will read Address Unknown in class.

Thursday, October 7

Before Class

  • Sign up for one short story from Emma Donoghue’s Astray.

In Class

  • More Analytical Tools
  • Discuss of Emma Donoghue’s Astray short stories (available in Canvas):
    • ‘Counting the Days’ is based on the 1840s correspondence of two emigrants from Northern Ireland to Canada.
    • ‘Onward’ is suggested by several letters of Charles Dickens about a family he helped to emigrate to Canada.
    • ‘The Gift’ is inspired by letters to a New York adoption agency from the birth mother and adoptive father of a little girl.
  • Creative Writing assignment; Due October 20

Weekly Writing

  1. This weekly writing should focus on any reading/activity/exercise/etc that you found particularly interesting this week.
  2. Weekly Writings will be due by Monday of each week.
  3. Submit your post URL in Canvas.
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